User physical attribute based device and content management system

Abstract

Systems and methods for device and content management include determining a user is viewing virtual reality content from a user device, and receiving, through a network from the user device, body information associated with the user while the user is viewing the virtual reality content. A user device management configuration associated with the body information is determined. A user device management action is retrieved using the user device management configuration. A notification associated with the user device management action that causes the user device to perform the user device management action and modify the virtual reality content being viewed by the user is sent through the network to the user device.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method, comprising:
 determining that a user is viewing virtual reality (VR) content using a VR device, the VR content being provided to the user via the VR device from a VR content provider via a network; 
 accessing biometric data of the user, the biometric data including one or more biological measurements obtained by one or more measurement devices of the VR device while the user is viewing the VR content; 
 determining, based at least on the biometric data of the user, that the user has experienced or is experiencing a physical change as a result of viewing the VR content; 
 accessing a VR device configuration for the VR device, the VR device configuration comprising tunable characteristics of the VR device, the tunable characteristics comprising a brightness, a volume, a bass, a treble, a VR session length, or a break length between different VR sessions; 
 determining, based at least on the determining that the user has experienced or is experiencing the physical change as the result of viewing the VR content, a VR device action for performing on the VR device, wherein the VR device action comprises adjusting the brightness, the volume, the bass, the treble, the VR session length, or the break length between different VR sessions; and 
 performing the VR device action on the VR device. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing the biometric data to a device and content management engine that accesses a plurality of device and content configurations. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising communicating a notification associated with the VR device action. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein said performing the VR device action further comprises modifying the VR content being viewed by the user using the VR device or modifying the VR content being provided to the VR device. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises determining that a blinking rate or a squinting rate of the user has increased as the result of the viewing the VR content. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising accessing, via the network from a medical history provider, medical history information associated with the user, wherein said determining the VR device action is further based on the medical history information. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the tunable characteristics of the VR device further comprise characteristics associated with a viewing distance between a display of the VR device and eyes of the user. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the VR device comprises a head-mounted display configured to be worn by the user, wherein the tunable characteristics of the VR device further comprise characteristics of the head-mounted display. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the performing the VR device action further comprises dimming a display of the VR device, putting the VR device in a sleep mode, or shutting down the VR device. 
     
     
       10. A virtual reality (VR) device, comprising:
 a non-transitory memory storing instructions; and 
 a processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the VR device to:
 determine that a user is viewing VR content using the VR device, the VR content being provided to the user via the VR device from a VR content provider via a network; 
 access biometric data of the user, the biometric data including one or more biological measurements obtained by one or more measurement devices of the VR device; 
 responsive to a determination that a certain biometric parameter of the user is outside of an allowable threshold of the biometric data of the user, determine that the user has experienced or is experiencing a physiological change while viewing the VR content; 
 access a VR device configuration for the VR device, the VR device configuration comprising tunable characteristics of the VR device, the tunable characteristics comprising:
 one or more visual characteristics involving a brightness of the VR device; 
 one or more audible characteristics involving a volume, bass, or treble of the VR device; 
 a VR session length; or 
 a break length between different VR sessions; 
 
 determine, based at least on the determination that the user has experienced or is experiencing the physiological change while viewing the VR content, a VR device action for the VR device, the VR device action comprising an adjustment of the brightness of the VR device, the volume, the bass, or the treble of the VR device, the VR session length, or the break length between different VR sessions; and 
 causing the VR device action to be performed. 
 
 
     
     
       11. The VR device of  claim 10 , wherein the biometric data is obtained by the one or more measurement devices of the VR device while the user is viewing the VR content. 
     
     
       12. The VR device of  claim 10 , wherein the VR device configuration is accessed by accessing a content management engine that accesses a plurality of device and content configurations. 
     
     
       13. The VR device of  claim 10 , wherein the one or more of the tunable characteristics of the VR device are changed by modifying the VR content being viewed by the user using the VR device. 
     
     
       14. The VR device of  claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further executed to cause the VR device to communicate with a VR content provider to modify the VR content being provided to the VR device. 
     
     
       15. The VR device of  claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further executed to cause the VR device to access, via a network from a medical history provider, medical history information associated with the user, wherein the determination that the certain biometric parameter of the user is outside of the allowable threshold of biometric data of the user is based on the medical history information. 
     
     
       16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable to cause performance of operations comprising:
 determining that a user is viewing virtual reality (VR) content using a VR device, the VR content being provided to the user via the VR device from a VR content provider via a network; 
 accessing biometric data of the user, the biometric data including one or more biological measurements obtained by one or more measurement devices of the VR device; 
 responsive to a determination that a certain biometric parameter of the user is outside of an allowable threshold of the biometric data of the user, determining that the user has experienced or is experiencing a physical discomfort in association with viewing the VR content; 
 accessing a VR device configuration for the VR device, the VR device configuration comprising tunable characteristics of the VR device or a VR session length; 
 determining, based at least on the determining that the user has experienced or is experiencing the physical discomfort in association with viewing the VR content, a VR device action for the VR device, the VR device action addressing the certain biometric parameter of the user that is outside of the allowable threshold of biometric data of the user; and 
 changing, based on the determined VR device action, a brightness, a volume, a bass, a treble, the VR session length, or a break length between different VR sessions while the user is viewing the VR content. 
 
     
     
       17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the biometric data is obtained by the one or more measurement devices of the VR device while the user is viewing the VR content. 
     
     
       18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein said accessing the VR device configuration comprises accessing a content management engine that accesses a plurality of device and content configurations. 
     
     
       19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise modifying the VR content being viewed by the user using the VR device. 
     
     
       20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the VR device comprises a head-mounted display configured to be worn by the user, wherein the tunable characteristics of the VR device further comprise characteristics of the head-mounted display.